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Partnerships for the Design, Conduct, and Analysis of Effectiveness, and Implementation Research: Experiences of the Prevention Science and Methodology Group

Abstract  

What progress prevention research has made comes through strategic partnerships with communities and institutions that host
this research, as well as professional and practice networks that facilitate the diffusion of knowledge about prevention.
We discuss partnership issues related to the design, analysis, and implementation of prevention research and especially how
rigorous designs, including random assignment, get resolved through a partnership between community stakeholders, institutions,
and researchers. These partnerships shape not only study design, but they determine the data that can be collected and how
results and new methods are disseminated. We also examine a second type of partnership to improve the implementation of effective
prevention programs into practice. We draw on social networks to studying partnership formation and function. The experience
of the Prevention Science and Methodology Group, which itself is a networked partnership between scientists and methodologists,
is highlighted.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Original Paper
  • Pages 1-16
  • DOI 10.1007/s10488-011-0387-3
  • Authors
    • C. Hendricks Brown, Prevention Science Methodology Group, Center for Family Studies, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1425 NW 10th Avenue, Third Floor, Miami, FL 33136, USA
    • Sheppard G. Kellam, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Sheila Kaupert, Prevention Science Methodology Group, Center for Family Studies, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1425 NW 10th Avenue, Third Floor, Miami, FL 33136, USA
    • Bengt O. Muthén, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Wei Wang, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
    • Linda K. Muthén, Department of Product Development, Muthén & Muthén, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Patricia Chamberlain, Center for Research to Practice, Eugene, OR, USA
    • Craig L. PoVey, Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
    • Rick Cady, Department of Human Services Oregon, Addiction and Mental Health Division, Salem, OR, USA
    • Thomas W. Valente, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Mitsunori Ogihara, Prevention Science Methodology Group, Center for Family Studies, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1425 NW 10th Avenue, Third Floor, Miami, FL 33136, USA
    • Guillermo J. Prado, Prevention Science Methodology Group, Center for Family Studies, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1425 NW 10th Avenue, Third Floor, Miami, FL 33136, USA
    • Hilda M. Pantin, Prevention Science Methodology Group, Center for Family Studies, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1425 NW 10th Avenue, Third Floor, Miami, FL 33136, USA
    • Carlos G. Gallo, Prevention Science Methodology Group, Center for Family Studies, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1425 NW 10th Avenue, Third Floor, Miami, FL 33136, USA
    • José Szapocznik, Prevention Science Methodology Group, Center for Family Studies, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1425 NW 10th Avenue, Third Floor, Miami, FL 33136, USA
    • Sara J. Czaja, Prevention Science Methodology Group, Center for Family Studies, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1425 NW 10th Avenue, Third Floor, Miami, FL 33136, USA
    • John W. McManus, Prevention Science Methodology Group, Center for Family Studies, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1425 NW 10th Avenue, Third Floor, Miami, FL 33136, USA